Progress definition
Research progressed on the new vaccine.
An example of progress is getting closer to your destination.
An example of progress is the change from land line phones to cell phones.
Testing for the new antidote is currently in progress.
The math students have shown great progress.
We made little progress on our way home because of the traffic.
The ship progressed toward the equator.
An example of progress is when you continue walking down a path, getting closer to your destination.
An example of progress is when you are continuing to build a home.
Science has made extraordinary progress in the last fifty years.
- Going on; under way:A work in progress.
- going on; taking place; happening
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of progress
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From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Old French progres (“a going forward"), from Latin prōgressus (“an advance"), from the participle stem of prōgredÄ« (“to go forward, advance, develop"), from pro- (“forth, before") + gradi (“to walk, go").
From Wiktionary
- From the noun. Lapsed into disuse in the 17th century, except in the US. Considered an Americanism on reintroduction to use in the UK.
From Wiktionary